Cartesian
Theatre is a diorama installed at the Deutsche Bank headquarters in
New York. Artists were invited to create dioramas that were installed in
a construction barrier wall during the renovation of the Deutsche Bank
building. The exhibiton titled World Views, was curated by
Liz Christensen and organized through Creative Time, a New York based
arts organization. Cartesian Theater was later selected to be permanently
installed in the Deutsche Bank offices.

Photograph
of the barrier wall installation. Courtesy Creative Time

The
proposal was submitted as a dye-sub print, rendered in Caligari TrueSpace,
a three dimensional modeling and rendering software.

The
title Cartesian Theatre was inspired by the proposal process.
3d modelers use the principles and mathematics of Cartesian coordinate
systems. Dioramas are miniature theatres.